I think I will start to pester my friends in Occoneechee lodge about a flap if the Tar Heels win the basketball national championship this year.

Nevada leaves Chapel Hill as the latest victim of the Dean Dome and the Tar Heels.  It was a close game most of the first half.   Then it seems the Tar Heels remembered Coach Williams’ goal in practice the day after an uninspired victory over Nichols State (to see how many players he could make puke) and turned up the heat.  Lead by Ty Lawson, a three point game was a 14 point rout by the break.

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If UNC were to win a National Championship this year, would Occoneechee lodge issue a flap for it?

UNC showed the UCSB Gauchos why they’re the number one team in the country yesterday with a decisive home victory.   I guess they wanted to keep this webmaster, saw this game from the nosebleed zone, happy. 

Fans stayed in their seats until the last few seconds to see when Carolina would break the century mark… again.    The Carolina team, whose three point shooting was poor enough to make me groan whenever they took a shot broke the century make on one of their few successful 3 point goals. 

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Carolina tonight played their first home game since November 20th.   It wasn’t the blowout some of us were hoping for but the Tar Heels did prevail for an 88-78 win over Nicholls State.  This was the first game in a holiday season homestand against what looks lik a group of “cream puff” teams.

Coach Williams was probably not too happy with this performance.   As posted on Yahoo! Sports, Aaron Beard, AP Sportswriter, says it well, “Hansbrough leads lethargic No. 1 Tar Heels past Nicholls State, 88-78“:

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